System for distributing and controlling color reproduction at multiple sites
US7075643B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 31, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jul 11, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 18, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N9/69
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In the color imaging system, multiple rendering devices are provided at different nodes along a network. Each rendering device has a color measurement instrument for calibrating the color presented by the rendering device. A rendering device may represent a color display in which a member surrounds the outer periphery of the screen of the display and a color measuring instrument is coupled to the first member. The color measuring instrument includes a sensor spaced from the screen at an angle with respect to the screen for receiving light from an area of the screen. A rendering device may be a printer in which the measuring of color samples on a sheet rendered by the printer is provided by a sensor coupled to a transport mechanism which moves the sensor and sheet relative to each other, where the sensor provides light from the sample to a spectrograph. The color measuring instruments provide for non-contact measurements of color samples either displayed on a color display, or printed on a sheet, and are self-calibrating by the use of calibration references in the instrument.
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